At Brooks Braithwaite (Sussex) Ltd. We take data protection very seriously and strive to ensure the highest standards of security are met.
Our Data Protection Policy
Brooks Braithwaite (Sussex) Limited is registered under the Data Protection
Register. Our Registration Number is Z4829003.
We only collect data voluntarily given to us by yourself (or by a third party
acting under your instruction) or data we ask for which is required to process
and administer your insurance policy/policies. During the course of administering
your policy/policies further data about you may come to light, we may also
keep records of this data provided it is required to administer your policy/policies
and is held in accordance with our policy wording and the Laws of England and
Wales. The data we collect also helps to prevent insurance fraud and other
related crimes which in turn helps to keep premiums lower for customers.
Please note calls may be recorded and/or monitored in order to improve our service and prevent fraud.
Due to the life of some insurance policies (such as Public & Employers Liability) it
may be necessary for us to keep data about you for up to and including 40
years from the date of inception. Where possible we will not hold information
about you on our database longer than is deemed necessary, this will usually be
no longer than 7 years.
We will at no point give your data to any other company/organisation unless
necessary to administer your policy or if we are forced to do so by law – such
companies/organisations will include but shall not be limited to; the insurer(s) of
your policy/policies, any legal representative(s), your broker(s), a party listed in
our policy wording, any regulatory body, any law enforcement agency, a Court
of Law or the Government.
You may be entitled under the Data Protection Act 1998 to receive a copy of
the data which we hold about you. Should you wish to obtain a copy of these
records please write to; The Data Protection Officer, Brooks Braithwaite (Sussex)
Limited, 4 Bridge Road Business Park, Bridge Road, West Sussex, RH16 1TX,
United Kingdom. We may make a charge for this service.If you believe the information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact
us to update the details as soon as possible.
To ensure that your policy remains confidential and to help prevent crime, it will not be possible for us to discuss your policy with any person or organisation (such as a broker) not named on your policy. If you would like to name an additional person/organisation on your policy please write to us (quoting your full policy number) detailing the full name of the person(s)/organisation(s) you would like to add.
Web Privacy
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